Pages

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

REAL DANGERS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS

By Dr. Mercola
I was recently interviewed by Dave Asprey when I visited his Bulletproof lab on Vancouver Island.1
In it, I review the real dangers of electromagnetic fields (EMFs)
emitted by electronic devices. I will also do a more comprehensive
lecture on this topic at Asprey's Bulletproof Conference October 13 through 15 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.

Avoiding excessive EMF exposure is an important component of optimizing
mitochondrial health. In fact, this is going to be the topic of my
next book. Like my latest best-seller, "Fat for Fuel," which details my metabolic mitochondrial therapy
program, I want the book on EMFs to be peer-reviewed by the leading
scientists and researchers in the world who understand the truth and
are free of industry corruption.

The key is to translate the science into clear and understandable
language, and offer practical recommendations on how to remediate the
problem. After all, we are swimming in an invisible ocean of EMFs just
about everywhere you go these days. It's near-impossible to avoid
microwave exposure completely, but there are ways to reduced it, for
sure.

Your Cellphone Is a Major Source of EMF Exposure

As noted by Asprey, his studio is hard-wired, and that's one simple
way to reduce exposure from Wi-Fi. You can also shut your Wi-Fi down
whenever you're not using it, and certainly at night when you're
sleeping. When using your cellphone, use the speaker phone and hold the
phone 3 feet away from you, using a selfie stick. I've measured the
radiation and you decrease your exposure by about 90 percent this way.

When not in use, make sure your cellphone is in airplane mode and/or
keep it in a Faraday bag. These are just a few quick examples of how
you can protect your health while still living in modern society. I
have carefully measured the radiation coming from my phone and even
when it is on and not calling someone the radiation doesn't come down
to safe ranges until I am 25 feet away, which is why I keep my phone in
airplane mode most of the time and only use it for emergencies or when
I am traveling.

It took me awhile to figure this out. I got rid of all the wireless
devices and Wi-Fi in my house, yet the EMFs were still high. Then I
finally realized that it was my phone (while on) that caused it. My
levels dropped below 0.01 volts/meter once I put it in airplane mode.
This is a key point. For nearly everyone reading this, the majority of
the radiation you're exposed to is not coming from the outside into
your home; it's coming from the items in your home.

Nonthermal Damage

Most of the radiation we're exposed to today is microwave radiation,
which does include radiation from your microwave oven. If you still
have one, I recommend replacing it with a steam convection oven, which
will heat your food just as quickly but far more safely. When you turn
that microwave oven on, it will expose you to very dangerous microwave
radiation at levels that are far in excess of your cellphone. We're not
talking about thermal (heat) damage here. We're talking about
nonthermal damage.

I recently interviewed Martin Pall, Ph.D., who has identified and
published several papers describing the molecular mechanisms of how EMFs from cellphones and wireless technologies damage plants, animals and humans.2,3,4,5
Many studies have shown that when you're exposed to EMFs, intracellular
calcium increases. Pall also discovered a number of studies showing
that you can block or greatly reduce the effects of EMFs using calcium
channel blockers — medication commonly prescribed to patients with
heart disease.
This turns out to be a crucial point, because it's the excess
calcium in the cell and the increased calcium signaling that are
responsible for a vast majority of the biological effects of EMFs.

Pall has discovered no less than 26 papers showing that EMFs work by
activating voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), which are located
in the outer membrane of your cells. Once activated, they allow a
tremendous influx of calcium into the cell — about 1 million calcium
ions per second per VGCC.

Importantly, the cellular membrane is 7 million times more sensitive
to EMFs than the charged particles inside and outside of the cells,
which are what safety standards are based on. In other words, the
safety standards are off by a factor of 7 million!Read more at mercola.com